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Tales from the Crypt: Season 1

1x01 The Man Who Was Death
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Aired1989-06-11T02:00:00Z on HBO
Runtime26m
DirectorWalter Hill

WritersRobert Reneau (screenplay) + 1 more, Walter Hill (screenplay)
CountryUnited States
LanguagesEnglish
GenresComedy, Mystery, Fantasy, Crime, Science Fiction, Horror

Niles Talbot moved from the country to the big city to get a job as an electrian but ended up as an executioner. His trouble begins when he's suddenly uemployed and decides to take the law into his own hands.

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Series Premiere

Tales from the Crypt: Season 1

1x01 The Man Who Was DeathTV-MA

ActorsAll Cast & Crew

Season Regulars 1

Guest Stars 20

John Kassir

Crypt Keeper (voice)

Mimi Kennedy

Distraught Woman

William Sadler

Niles Talbot

Gerrit Graham

Theodore Carne

Roy Brocksmith

Vic

Dani Minnick

Cynthia Baldwin

Jennifer Evans

Newscaster #1

Patti Yasutake

Newscaster #2

Laura Albert

Go-Go Dancer

Kate Benton

Waitress

Mark Lowenthal

District Attorney

F.J. O'Neil

Priest

Al Allen

Attorney

Edgar Small

Judge #2

Robert Winley

Jimmy Flood

J.W. Smith

Ledbetter

David Wohl

Warden Havers

Tony Abatemarco

Detective

Eve Brent

Judge #1

Raymond O'Conner

Jury Foreman

Ed DeFusco

New Executioner

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